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Chuck out your chintz redux

I like playful design. This dresser is made from surprising materials. The finish is baroque - like flock wallpaper - but the material is steel from the Moooi furniture design studio in the Netherlands. Their motto: Design is the unexpected welcome.
Snow table by swedeseThis is the Snow table from Swedish furniture design and manufacturing firm Swedese. Clever use of low cost laser cut ply and glass.
The truffle chair comes from Italian design house Porro.It is constructed from thermoplastic on a steel frame. I'll have mine with the pivot base.

I think the days of 'form follows function' might need a rethink.

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